Healthcare Everyday Low Prices If the only problem with the US healthcare system was cost then this injection of competition from Walmart and other retailers might be “just what the doctor ordered”. Unfortunately cost is only a symptom of a much larger, long-term malady… the modern Western lifestyle. With constant stress, stimuli, poor nutrition from […]
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Fitbit Care Telehealth continues to heat up. Fitbit, once focused on exercise, has announced a new platform that goes beyond exercise… Fitbit Care. Fitbit Care may have the right approach with its one-on-one health coaching for chronic illnesses like diabetes. Using the Fitbit device and in-person or phone meetings can help consumers avoid lifestyle decisions
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50 Million Americans Have Chronic Pain 50 million Americans have chronic pain and socioeconomic status seems to be a common theme among those who suffer from chronic pain. Like many chronic health problems, chronic pain is often not the result of a single trauma or infection but lifestyle. This makes conventional medical approaches less effective
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Plant Based Diet For College Students Two of the Perry Family, Emily and William, are college students (Dad only thinks he is). Though both have been exposed (heavily) to good eating, there are plenty of temptations and stress in college life that make eating healthy hard. If you are trying to follow a vegetarian or
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People Using Placebos Ted Kaptchuk has been revolutionizing how we think of health since he published The Web That Has No Weaver in 1983 where he elegantly laid out much of the philosophy of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Westerners. His work on people using placebos to manage pain, however, has even surprised him. For those
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Beginners Ayurvedic Diet Tips Good nutrition is a cornerstone of good health. In the search for nutrition answers, many consumers have looked back in time for dietary guidance including the Paleolithic Era that ended about 10,000 years ago. For “only” several millennia Ayurveda (from India) and Traditional Chinese Medicine have placed food front and center for health and healing.
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Social Determinants Impede Care Social determinants in healthcare are those things like employment, education, housing, nutrition, etc. that impact health. We have known for years that social determinants impede care. Unfortunately, to paraphrase author Charles Dudley Warner, everybody knows that social determinants impact health, but nobody does anything about it. However, that may be changing. Nearly 90% of
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Mental Health Access Parity Everyone agrees mental health access parity with physical health access is necessary. Mental health is a serious issue throughout the US and other countries. There seems to be little doubt that mental health problems get less attention and resources, according the the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions. We can only
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Healthy Matcha The first time Dad (Tim) used matcha was from a tea shop in New York City’s Chinatown. Mom was pretty strongly against the idea… how did we know it was safe, was taking that much tea a good idea? Eventually, even Mom became a fan of the benefits from healthy matcha drinks… though
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Mental Health Technology While technology is a force behind many behavioral and societal issues, mental health technology can also provide benefits. As the epidemic of mental illness continues throughout the US and other countries, we need to harness the benefits of telehealth technologies. Mental illness is a growing epidemic in the U.S. More than 43
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